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US 2017/0029989 A1Published application
Textile constructs formed with fusible filaments
AssigneeThe North Face Apparel Corp.
InventorsEric Tuscia, Mary-Ellen Smith
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AssigneeThe North Face Apparel Corp.
InventorsEric Tuscia, Mary-Ellen Smith
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A textile construct with a performance film formative built into a textile structure. The textile construct needs only to be subject to a fusing agent to cause the performance film formative to convert from its lattice structure (e.g., knit or woven structure) into a film that is built into a retained lattice structure of the textile. More particularly, the formation of the textile construct is based on fusion of selected filaments, e.g., thermoplastic fibers or yarns, to selectively create a film on one side or layer in the construct while substantially preserving the lattice structure of an opposing side or adjacent layer of non-fusible filaments in a lattice structure. This creates a hybrid film/lattice textile construct. Both open-faced and sandwiched constructions of the film in a unitary structure with the retained lattice structure of another side or layer(s) are possible.
A textile construct, comprising:
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The textile construct of claim 2 wherein the plaited knit structure comprises a single jersey plaited knit structure and the second side or layer of the textile construct comprises the fused film, the fused film being formed of filaments in the same single jersey plaited knit structure of which the discrete lattice is formed.
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A method of forming a textile construct, comprising:
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A textile construct, comprising:
The textile construct of claim 21 wherein a combination of tuck and knit stitches is used in the construct, the tuck stitches being made with a fusible yarn and knit stitches being made with a shrinkable yarn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.